Mt. Erebus, the largest point source of NO2 in Antarctica

• Published in: Atmospheric Environment
• Main Authors: Oppenheimer, C., Kyle, P. R., Tsanev, V. I., McGonigle, A. J. S., Mather, T. A., Sweeney, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: 05 - Petrology - Igneous; Metamorphic and Volcanic Studies; Antarctic; Ross Island; Lava Lake; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/1766/; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/1766/1/OppenheimerAtmosEnviron39%282005%29.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.06.036

We report here the first observations of NO2 emission from Mt. Erebus, a volcano with an active lava lake located on Ross Island, Antarctica. Erebus generates a persistent plume, which is entrained at an altitude of about 4 km above sea level. Its NO2 flux, measured by scattered light ultraviolet sp...